HAS IT HAPPENED THAT YOU INSERTED YOUR SD CARD INTO YOUR PC AND SUDDENLY YOU SEE THAT ALL THE CONTENT INSIDE IS CHANGED TO ODD FILES AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE EVEN AFTER SURFING THE INTERNET FOR HOURS? WELL, DON'T PANIC, BECAUSE I HAVE A SIMPLE SOLUTION. JUST FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1) INSERT SD CARD INTO YOUR COMPUTER USING A GOOD CARD READER
2) OPEN COMMAND PROMPT AND TYPE A CODE IN THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX AND PRESS Enter:
chkdsk <drive name> /f
REPLACE <drive name> WITH THE DRIVE LETTER OF THE SD CARD.
Eg:
chkdsk H: /f
3) GO TO FILE EXPLORER --> IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, CLICK THE DOWN ARROW --> CLICK ON VIEW TAB --> CLICK ON OPTIONS --> CLICK ON VIEW TAB --> UNCHECK 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' and 'Hide extensions for known file types' and select 'Show hidden files, folders and drivers' .
4) GO TO YOUR SD CARD. YOU WILL FIND A FOLDER CALLED FOUND000. INSIDE IT YOU WILL SEE FILES WITH EXTENSION .CHK WITH FILE NAMES SUCH AS FILE001.CHK AND SO ON. YOU NEED TO COPY ALL THE FILES TO A NEW FOLDER.
5) IF YOU HAD DIFFERENT FILE TYPES, THEN FOLLOW THIS STEP, ELSE GO TO STEP NUMBER 6.
GO TO THE NEW FOLDER CONTAINING THE FILES. RIGHT CLICK ON AN EMPTY SPACE AN SELECT 'Sort by'-->SELECT 'Size'.
BY THE FILE SIZE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE FILE TYPES. Eg: THE ONES WITH SMALLER FILE SIZE MAY BE IMAGES AND THE ONES WITH GREATER FILE SIZE MAY BE VIDEOS.
MAKE SEPARATE FOLDERS FOR EACH FILE TYPES.
6) RIGHT CLICK ON THE FOLDER WHILE PRESSING THE Shift KEY AND SELECT 'Open command window here'.
TYPE A CODE IN THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX AND PRESS Enter:
ren<space>*.<old file extension><space><new file extension>
Eg: TO CHANGE FILE EXTENSION FROM .CHK TO .JPG, TYPE:
ren *.CHK *.JPG
NOTE THAT THE CODE IS CASE SENSITIVE.
FOR SOME COMMON FILE NAME EXTENSIONS, CLICK HERE.
THAT'S IT YOU HAVE RECOVERD YOUR FILES!